Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in High income
High income: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 1.1% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in High income, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
High income recorded 1.1% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 136.3% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in High income peaked at 2.7% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1998.
That places High income 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in High income, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3% | — |
| 1971 | 0.3% | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.4% | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 0.5% | +30.7% |
| 1974 | 1.7% | +250.9% |
| 1975 | 1.4% | -18.2% |
| 1976 | 1.5% | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 1.2% | -17.5% |
| 1979 | 2.4% | +104.2% |
| 1980 | 2.7% | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 2.1% | -22.6% |
| 1982 | 1.1% | -46.5% |
| 1983 | 1.3% | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 1.2% | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 1.1% | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4% | -61.0% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | +26.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4% | -22.6% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | +21.7% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +18.1% |
| 1991 | 0.4% | -33.7% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | +18.1% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +32.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -47.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +46.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +112.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -17.6% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +30.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +13.2% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +31.7% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +37.1% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -48.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +22.3% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +42.2% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -48.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +26.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +44.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -37.6% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +136.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 0.4% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 37 South Sudan 8.5% compare
- 38 Sierra Leone 8.1% compare
- 39 Norway 7.7% compare
- 40 Peru 7.6% compare
- 41 Mauritania 7.3% compare
- 42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.9% compare
- 43 Togo 6.7% compare
More economy & growth data for High income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 855.36 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1461 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0158 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 8,900 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1748 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0126 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -12.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 967.71 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 7,438 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in High income?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in High income was 1.1% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1998.
- How does High income rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- High income ranks 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Natural resource depletion is the sum of net forest depletion, energy depletion, and mineral depletion. Net forest depletion is unit resource rents times the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas. Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.